Elektron Analog Rytm - Manual (Page 27)

KITS AND SOUNDS
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KITS AND SOUNDS
Every project has the capacity of 128 different kits. A kit is a collection of 12 drum track Sounds and an FX track,
and their specific parameter settings. A Sound is composed of synth, sample, filter, effect sends, envelope and
LFO settings in any combination. Sounds are assigned to the twelve drum tracks.
Each of the drum tracks contains one Sound. The PARAMETER page settings for each track in a kit can be
saved as an individual Sound, if so desired. A Sound that has been loaded, from the +Drive or the Sound Pool
to a track becomes a part of the active kit. Any changes made to a track Sound will not affect the stored Sound,
it will affect and become part of the active kit. A pattern, controlling the playback of the kit, always links to a spe-
cific kit (non-exclusively). Any changes to the kit will affect other patterns using the same kit. When the Analog
Rytm is switched off, only the active kit preserves its changes. Other kits must be saved.
A Kit contains:
• Sound parameter settings for the 12 drum tracks.
• FX track parameter settings.
• LEVEL settings for the drum and FX tracks.
• RETRIG settings.
• General SOUND SETTINGS.
• PERFORMANCE and SCENE mode macros and parameter settings.
A Sound contains:
• Settings for the PARAMETER pages of a drum track.
• The LCD graphics in the left part of the screen shows the name of the active kit. When the
[TRACK] key and one of the [PADS] are pressed, this information will briefly change to show the
name of the track Sound.
• When you create a brand new pattern, using an existing kit that is already linked to another pat-
tern, we recommend that you save and rename the kit, first thing you do (see below). Unless, of
course, you intend kit changes to affect multiple patterns.
THE +DRIVE SOUND LIBRARY AND THE SOUND POOL
Sounds can be loaded to a kit from either the +Drive Sound library or the Sound pool of the active project. The
+Drive Sound library has the capacity of 4096 Sounds, available to all projects. The Sound pool is a part of a
project and limited to 128 Sounds. The major benefit of Sounds loaded to the Sound pool is the possibility for
them to be Sound locked. This feature is not available for the Sounds in the +Drive Sound library. Read more
about Sound locking on page 40.
KIT MENU
In the KIT menu commands relating to kits are found, including kit save and kit load. Open the menu by pressing
[FUNCTION] + [FX]. Use the [UP] and [DOWN] arrow keys to move between the commands. Press [YES/
SAVE] to confirm your selection. Exit the menu by pressing [NO/RELOAD].